Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Cracked Heels

Cracked feet is one of the horrible nightmares to many people nowadays. However, it continues in all seasons causing pain and irritation whenever you put your feet on the ground. It is a sign of lack of attention to foot care that usually leads to cracked heels. They usually appear for those who have dry skin and thick callus feet around the rim of the heel. They do not cause much harm unless and until they tend to be so deep into the skin and cause bleeding. The skin on your feet is usually dry when compared to other parts of the body.

Home Remedies:

• Massage your heels with sesame oil before going to bed. This is supposedly the best remedy for cracked heels.

• Mix glycerin and rosewater together and apply in on the heels daily. This soothes and cures cracked heels real quick.

• Take 1/4th bucket of water and squeeze one lemon in it, soak your feet in this and wash it with pumice stone and soap.  Do this twice a week.

• Massage your feet with coconut oil every night. With the dawn, scrub and rinse off.

• Make a mixture of lemon juice and papaya; apply it on the cracked heels. Let it be there for 20 minutes at least. Wash off after 20 minutes.

• Take lukewarm water and soak your feet in it for 15 minutes. This will loosen the dead skin; now wash off with a pumice stone.

• Mix raw salt in Luke warm water, and scrub your heels sin it as you soak it. Natural Pedicure for your feet, and this will exfoliate your feet too.

• Use special creams which are meant for treating cracked creams at night, and then scrub off in the morning and wash off, with a pumice stone.

• Take a super ripe banana, which has almost turned black, and you are about to throw in the dustbin. Mash it, and apply in on the affected areas. Let it be there for 15 minutes at least. Wash off after 15 minutes. This is for a quick healing.

• Take Paraffin wax, and melt it adding best coconut oil to it. Fill in the crack with this mixture whilst going to bed, wash off in the morning. Mum did for around 2 weeks and the cracked heels are gone.

• After washing your feet, massage with paraffin oil, Vaseline or hydrogenated vegetable oil. This will keep the feet hydrated.